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13 Insta-Worthy Front-Door Designs
Add oodles of style and kerb appeal to your front entry with our bagful of unique ideas
Aditi Sharma Maheshwari
8 April 2018
Blogger, dog mom
It’s a no-brainer – your front door sets the stage for what’s inside. It makes the first impression. Here I’ve listed 15 front door designs by which you can accentuate your entrance – some in decorative ways, some through structural embellishments.
1. Colourful patterns
Beautiful patterns and bright colours make front door entryways welcoming and attractive. Set against the grey exterior walls, the striking pink-and-white damask patterned door is given dramatic counterpoint by the white stone hand-sculpture candle-holder, the ornate blue-glassed wall lamp and the green lounge seat.
Beautiful patterns and bright colours make front door entryways welcoming and attractive. Set against the grey exterior walls, the striking pink-and-white damask patterned door is given dramatic counterpoint by the white stone hand-sculpture candle-holder, the ornate blue-glassed wall lamp and the green lounge seat.
2. Chalkboard paint and grille
Layers Studios for Design & Architecture create a playful aura around their home’s entrance. The house number is incorporated within the wire-mesh door design. The chalkboard wall greets guests with interesting messages, keeping them entertained till the door is opened.
Take a quick trip to this Noida home
Layers Studios for Design & Architecture create a playful aura around their home’s entrance. The house number is incorporated within the wire-mesh door design. The chalkboard wall greets guests with interesting messages, keeping them entertained till the door is opened.
Take a quick trip to this Noida home
3. Bright paints
A front door painted a bold royal blue, with a patterned wallpaper around it – Fadd Studio know how to make a lasting impression. The square inset window with an intricately patterned metal grille adds a decorative touch. Simply delightful.
A front door painted a bold royal blue, with a patterned wallpaper around it – Fadd Studio know how to make a lasting impression. The square inset window with an intricately patterned metal grille adds a decorative touch. Simply delightful.
4. Gold Leaf
Want to give a royal, palace-like feel to your home? Refer to Altus – Luxury Living‘s Chhatarpur project, which has a front door with gold-leaf work and a shining giant medallion with hand-etched gold mirror work on it.
Want to know more about this home’s design?
Want to give a royal, palace-like feel to your home? Refer to Altus – Luxury Living‘s Chhatarpur project, which has a front door with gold-leaf work and a shining giant medallion with hand-etched gold mirror work on it.
Want to know more about this home’s design?
5. Frosted glass
A fair amount of privacy and lots of beauty – this door with varied types of coloured and frosted glass is a fresh, new way of designing entrance doors, a la Mondrian.
A fair amount of privacy and lots of beauty – this door with varied types of coloured and frosted glass is a fresh, new way of designing entrance doors, a la Mondrian.
6. Grille design
Why can’t security have a dash of design to it, too? These grilles have been, in such a simple yet a pretty way, been incorporated into a front door design. See how it gives the front door an artistic edge.
Check out 11 grille designs for modern homes
Why can’t security have a dash of design to it, too? These grilles have been, in such a simple yet a pretty way, been incorporated into a front door design. See how it gives the front door an artistic edge.
Check out 11 grille designs for modern homes
7. Awning
Apart from the bright colour on the door, the moulding for the door knob and the two plants by the front door, the pretty awning with wrought-iron brackets also deserves a mention. It helps create a tiny, shaded area and enhances the look of the door.
Apart from the bright colour on the door, the moulding for the door knob and the two plants by the front door, the pretty awning with wrought-iron brackets also deserves a mention. It helps create a tiny, shaded area and enhances the look of the door.
8. Inscriptions
Dipen Gada and Associates designed this door inspired by the rural homes of Kutch. A big door holds a smaller one for single-purpose entry; this one has a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore etched on it – ‘Where the Mind Is Without Fear’.
Dipen Gada and Associates designed this door inspired by the rural homes of Kutch. A big door holds a smaller one for single-purpose entry; this one has a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore etched on it – ‘Where the Mind Is Without Fear’.
9. Flowers and climbers
A red-painted coloured front door is further enhanced with two potted plants on either sides and framed with flowers and greenery. It makes for a dramatic entry.
Want to grow climbing plants and vines at home?
A red-painted coloured front door is further enhanced with two potted plants on either sides and framed with flowers and greenery. It makes for a dramatic entry.
Want to grow climbing plants and vines at home?
10. Flower basket
Even a friendly flower basket can help create a warm, welcoming vibe, like in this example, where it’s installed right in the centre. (Of course, you’ll have to make sure you change the flowers frequently so the basket looks fresh every morning.)
Even a friendly flower basket can help create a warm, welcoming vibe, like in this example, where it’s installed right in the centre. (Of course, you’ll have to make sure you change the flowers frequently so the basket looks fresh every morning.)
11. Potpourri or a wreath
Flowers, plants or baskets aside, you could even consider making a wreath of different flowers and hanging it by the door. It’ll feel like Christmas all year round!
Flowers, plants or baskets aside, you could even consider making a wreath of different flowers and hanging it by the door. It’ll feel like Christmas all year round!
12. Brass inlay
Designed by InchDC, this custom solid-teak door, embellished with brass inlays in floral patterns, gives the entrance an impactful, ethnic look.
Designed by InchDC, this custom solid-teak door, embellished with brass inlays in floral patterns, gives the entrance an impactful, ethnic look.
13. Bells
This Mandvi home by SPASM showcases a unique front door entrance idea with numerous little bells installed within tiny niches set in a grid. A melodic way to make an entrance, isn’t it?
Read more:
28 Gorgeous Door Designs From Across The World
9 Door Designs for a Traditional Welcome
Tell us:
How have you decorated your entrance door? Share your images and ideas in Comments below.
This Mandvi home by SPASM showcases a unique front door entrance idea with numerous little bells installed within tiny niches set in a grid. A melodic way to make an entrance, isn’t it?
Read more:
28 Gorgeous Door Designs From Across The World
9 Door Designs for a Traditional Welcome
Tell us:
How have you decorated your entrance door? Share your images and ideas in Comments below.
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